A lawyer at the Gwadangaji area in Birnin Kebbi local government area of Kebbi State, Barrister Attahiru Ibrahim, was on Saturday gruesomely murdered by gunmen.
Attahiru according to the police spokesman in the state, SP Nafiu Abubakar, was killed by people yet unknown but his wife, Farida, was arrested in connection with the incident.
Nafiu told newsmen in Birnin Kebi that on received the information, a team of policemen mobilised to the scene and forced themselves into Attahiru’s house where the late barrister was in a pool of blood and was confirmed dead by a medical doctor.
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The police spokesman added that soon after, his wife, Farida, was arrested by the police. He said the state commissioner of police, Ahmed Magaji Kontagora, had directed the DPO of Gwadangaji area to immediately transfer the case to the state CID in Birnin Kebbi for proper investigation.
In another report, gunmen who broke into the Odogwa village in Rivers State’s Etche Local Government Area shot and killed no less than 21 cows a development which has now been condemned by the Miyetti Allah group.
Speaking at a press interview in Port Harcourt on Friday, the chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria in Rivers State Mohammed Abubakar asserted that further attacks of such magnitude will no longer be allowed.
A total of 21 cows were slaughtered in the event, 15 of which were pregnant, according to Abubakar, who alleged that it happened on Wednesday at around 9 p.m. when the cattle rearers walked into town to purchase some beverages.
He expressed disbelief at the incident since, in his opinion, the cattle rearers had been coexisting peacefully with the locals in their host village.
